All Time Low tour: 'We're not having fire... we're going to do ice'

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All Time Low performing at Reading

All Time Low have announced their first solo UK arena tour.

Taking place in February 2016, the band admit they'll have a production budget to play with to put on a show.

You'd expect flames for a show of that size, but guitarist Jack Barakat says they might shun the pyrotechnics.

"We're not gonna do fire... we're gonna do ice!" he says.

"It kind of sounds dangerous but we're gonna do it."

Jack jokes they're going to shoot out cheeseburgers., external

He may be tongue-in-cheek but it's going to be a big moment for the US band, who previously did a joint arena tour with their mates You Me At Six.

They'll play five arena dates as part of their Back To The Future Hearts tour.

"It's the first time we've ever played anything at that level," says Jack. "The sky's the limit."

Frontman Alex Gaskarth adds: "We're still in that phase of planning exactly what we're going to do but there's going to be so much room for stuff."

The band speak to us from their dressing room at Leeds Festival, the day after performing at Reading.

"Reading was insane," says Alex.

"We brought a bunch of people up on the stage for Time-Bomb but it was tough because the stage is huge and there's a bit of distance from the crowd."

The band performed Time-Bomb on the Reading main stage on Friday., external

"Getting them up on stage took a little longer than expected," says Jack. "So it started to get a bit awkward. Time was dragging and dragging.

"In the end we started the song but as soon as we began, the people from the crowd made it to have a dance with us."

Mel tweeted to say the band realised her dream by getting her on stage for Time-Bomb., external

With 1.5 million followers on Twitter, the band receive an extensive amount of fan art.

"People think we're the artists but our fans are way more talented than us," says Jack.

"There's a girl called Holly who does these cartoon versions of us," adds Alex. "I'm addicted to them."

"She's done a series of them so pretty much any time we do anything she draws a new version of us, usually within an hour.

Holly Chapman tweeted these cartoons of the band earlier this month., external

"Someone also gave us a drawing of all of us on the iron throne in Game of Thrones. It was awesome and really well done."

If you're worried about them hearing show spoilers, don't worry. They're up to date with the series.

You can watch full sets and videos from more than 40 acts at bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds.

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